In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Xie Chengjin, who was standing by, also had red eyes with hatred. He kicked the assassin in his hand several times, causing him to spit out blood from his mouth. After confirming that the other party had no strength to resist, Xie Chengjin found something to tie him up and threw him into the carriage. He then came to Su Zhizhi again, avoided the wound, and carefully held the person in his arms.

The group quickly returned to the city and first took the man to the yamen. At this time, Lin Kaituo was handling official business in the yamen when he saw Xie Chengjin rushing in, covered in blood, dragging a man.

Lin Kaituo was frightened by Xie Chengjin's appearance, and then hurried forward to signal other yamen runners to take the half-dead man over.

"Mr. Xie, what happened?" Lin Kaituo asked anxiously.

Xie Chengjin told Lin Kaituo what had just happened outside the city. Lin Kaituo was horrified. He first had the assassin thrown into jail, and then he went straight to find a doctor for Su Zhizhi.

In the inn, Su Zhizhi lay on the bed with a weak breath, and the wound on her abdomen was exposed, which was shocking to look at.

Xie Chengjin looked so distressed, while Shen Wenjun beside him kept crying and looked very remorseful.

After the doctor further treated the wound, he straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said thankfully: "Fortunately, this wound was treated in time, otherwise if more blood was lost, it would be too late to save him."

Having said this, Xie Chengjin's back was already covered in cold sweat.

The doctor gave a few more instructions before leaving with Lin Kaituo.

Soon, Su Zhizhi and the other two were the only ones left in the room, but this time it was Su Zhizhi who was lying on the bed.

Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun looked at each other in silence, not knowing what to say. After a long while, Shen Wenjun said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, it's all because of me that Miss Su got hurt this time."

Xie Chengjin paused while tidying up the corner of the quilt for Su Zhizhi, then looked deeply at Shen Wenjun. He trembled his lips for a moment but still said nothing. He wanted to blame Shen Wenjun, but found that he was even more angry at himself for not protecting Su Zhizhi.

Turning to look at Su Zhizhi who was still in a coma, Xie Chengjin fell into deep thought.

Although his opinion of Shen Wenjun has changed, they are still competitors in essence. Although he has tried hard to let go of his prejudice against Shen Wenjun, it is undeniable that Shen Wenjun is too weak.

In the same scenario, if only Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi were present, Xie Chengjin could guarantee that both of them could escape unscathed. However, it was Shen Wenjun who made Su Zhizhi feel more worried. He didn't want what happened today to happen again, so he had to find a way to separate from Shen Wenjun.

What's more, Xie Chengjin was also worried that Shen Wenjun would hinder his progress, and he was even more afraid that his plan would be exposed because of Shen Wenjun.

But no matter what, now that Su Zhizhi was injured, they had to stop again and delay their journey to the capital.

When Su Zhizhi woke up, it was three days later. She lay on the bed, her eyes, which had been tightly closed, began to tremble constantly. Until she was fully awake and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar decorations around her, Su Zhizhi couldn't remember where she was for a moment.

Su Zhizhi turned her head with great effort and saw Xie Chengjin who had been guarding beside her. It seemed that Xie Chengjin had been taking care of Su Zhizhi and had not had a good rest for a long time. When Su Zhizhi woke up, Xie Chengjin was still asleep. There was a black eye under his eyes, and he had no intention of cleaning the beard on his chin, so he let it grow wildly. He looked haggard.

Xie Chengjin suddenly woke up as if he had heard a sound, and met Su Zhizhi's gaze. Xie Chengjin was stunned at first, then his nose suddenly felt sore, and his eyes instantly turned red, "Zhizhi, you're finally awake!"

Su Zhizhi forced a smile at Xie Chengjin and asked, "How long was I unconscious?"

"You've been in a coma for three days. If you really can't wake up, I'll go find Lin Kaituo. You said you were so impulsive at that time? You didn't care whether you were his opponent or not. Is Shen Wenjun's life so important to you?" Xie Chengjin's voice was full of unconcealable worry, which eventually turned into complaints and disappointment.

Su Zhizhi tried to comfort Xie Chengjin helplessly, "I can't just sit there and watch him get into trouble in front of me. Besides, compared to Shen Wenjun, I should still have some resistance, but who knows what kind of tricks that assassin might use."

It seemed that she used too much force, and Su Zhizhi suddenly pulled the wound, and she almost curled up in pain.

"Don't get excited. Your wound hasn't healed yet. You still need to rest. Lie down and don't pull the wound." Xie Chengjin hurried forward and held down Su Zhizhi, who was like a shrimp with its thread pulled out.

In the next few days, Xie Chengjin tried his best to clean and treat Su Zhizhi's wounds and change the medicine every day. In just one week, Su Zhizhi's wounds were almost healed.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi didn't want to waste any more time and insisted on going to the capital. Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Xie Chengjin had to agree to Su Zhizhi's request.

This time, the journey was exceptionally smooth, and the group encountered no other obstacles as they headed towards the capital.

After successfully arriving in the capital, the quarrel arose again.

In the restaurant, Su Zhizhi was lying on the bed resting, while Xie Chengjin was checking Su Zhizhi's wounds. Then Xie Chengjin said casually, "Since we have arrived in the capital, we might as well separate from Shen Wenjun here."

Su Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up, a little excited, "What did you say? Why did you leave Shen Wenjun alone?"

Xie Chengjin quickly tried to appease him, "It's not that we're leaving him alone, it's just not good to have someone between us as a couple. What's more, our purpose for this trip is different from Shen Wenjun's. He's here to take the imperial examination, and we're here to redress our father-in-law. If he comes with us again, even if he doesn't drag us down, if he's exposed one day, he'll be delayed by us. You don't want that to happen, do you?"

Xie Chengjin knew Su Zhizhi well. She was not someone who wanted to drag others down, so starting from this aspect was the method that Su Zhizhi could most agree to.

After a moment of silence, Su Zhizhi nodded and said, "Then let's do as you say."

Xie Chengjin was overjoyed, but he still restrained his excitement and began to prepare to completely get rid of Shen Wenjun.

Shen Wenjun, who was still outside at the moment, didn't notice anything wrong at all.